Director | Pharmacy Innovation

Director | Pharmacy Innovation The Director, Pharmacy Innovation provides leadership for pharmacy innovation, strategic execution, and connected portfolio delivery across pharmacy services. This role translates pharmacy strategy into executable initiatives by coordinating solution owners, portfolio managers, project managers, pharmacy leaders, clinical teams, IT and digital partners, operational stakeholders, and external partners.

The Director establishes governance, prioritization, performance measurement, and execution discipline to ensure pharmacy innovation projects move from concept through implementation and produce measurable operational, clinical, financial, and patient-care value. This role identifies emerging pharmacy and healthcare opportunities, supports development of innovative programs and technologies, and ensures execution remains aligned with organizational goals, resource capacity, patient safety, operational performance, and business outcomes.

Essential Job Duties and Major Responsibilities Lead the pharmacy innovation and strategic execution function, ensuring pharmacy initiatives are aligned with enterprise strategy, pharmacy priorities, patient care needs, operational goals, and financial targets. Oversee a portfolio of pharmacy innovation, transformation, operational improvement, digital health, automation, and technology-enabled initiatives from concept through implementation and sustainment.

Provide direction and coordination for solution owners, portfolio managers, project managers, and cross-functional delivery teams to keep work connected, sequenced, resourced, and accountable. Develop and maintain project intake, prioritization, governance, escalation, benefit-realization, and executive-reporting processes for the pharmacy innovation portfolio. Partner with pharmacy leadership, clinical teams, operations, IT and digital, finance, quality, compliance, and external partners to design, pilot, implement, and scale new programs, technologies, and workflows.

Conduct market research, trend analysis, benchmarking, and environmental scanning to identify emerging opportunities, best practices, and risks in pharmacy innovation, digital health, automation, technology, and care delivery. Develop business cases, charters, roadmaps, project plans, resource plans, budget inputs, risk assessments, and performance metrics to support innovation and strategic execution initiatives. Monitor project and portfolio performance, including milestones, risks, dependencies, resource constraints, budget considerations, and outcome measures; provide clear updates and recommendations to senior leadership.

Facilitate change management, stakeholder engagement, communication, and adoption strategies to support successful implementation and sustained use of new solutions. Identify execution gaps, competing priorities, operational barriers, and interdependencies across projects; coordinate resolution with accountable leaders and project teams. Support grant writing, funding proposals, vendor evaluation, partnership development, and innovation-related business development where applicable.

Evaluate the impact of innovation initiatives and recommend continuous improvements based on operational, clinical, financial, patient experience, and staff experience outcomes. Provide thought leadership on pharmacy innovation, strategic execution, portfolio management, project delivery, and technology-enabled pharmacy transformation. Maintain awareness of regulatory, compliance, privacy, security, and safety requirements that may affect innovation initiatives and technology implementation.

Lead enterprise portfolio strategy, project governance, and customer and stakeholder expectation management. Deliver consulting-style project delivery, workplan management, and client or stakeholder deliverable accountability. Drive operational performance, business plan development, and execution of health-system strategies.

Core Leadership Responsibilities Organizational Strategy and Implementation - Recognizes market trends, assesses impact on the area of responsibility, contributes to responsive strategic plans, develops operational plans, communicates priorities, and gains alignment and commitment from staff. Fiscal Management - Uses established processes to ensure accountability for effective operations and resource management. Human Resource Management - Uses established processes to select, align, develop, motivate, manage, and retain a team of highly skilled employees.

Excellence in Service and Quality - Achieves seamless delivery of quality patient care, patient safety, excellence in patient experience, and customer service. Uses continuous quality improvement principles in decisions, improvements, and system design. Organizational Leadership - Provides leadership and accomplishes objectives by ensuring integration of processes and initiatives while modeling collaboration.

Participates in and supports brand and service delivery teams as requested. Maintains accountability for implementation of requirements of regulatory agencies. Serves as liaison to the community.

Performs duties and responsibilities as defined by the department, if applicable.

Education Required: Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, Healthcare Administration, Business, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Information Systems, or related field Certification, Registration, and Licensure Desired: Project management, portfolio management, Lean/Six Sigma, Agile, or change-management credential such as PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, or equivalent Experience Required: 5 to 10 years of progressive leadership experience in pharmacy, healthcare operations, healthcare consulting, innovation, transformation, strategic execution, program management, or related fields Required: Demonstrated success leading innovation, transformation, process improvement, technology implementation, operational performance, or strategic execution initiatives in a healthcare or pharmacy environment Required: Experience overseeing solution owners, portfolio managers, project managers, or cross-functional delivery teams to ensure projects, priorities, timelines, and execution remain connected Required: Experience building governance structures, prioritization frameworks, project intake processes, dashboards, performance metrics, and executive reporting for a portfolio of initiatives Required: Experience facilitating change management, stakeholder engagement, and adoption of new workflows, programs, technologies, or operating models Required: Experience with business cases, market research, trend analysis, benchmarking, resource planning, and benefit realization Why Emplify Health by Bellin?

With so many amazing healthcare organizations in this area, why Emplify? Emplify Health offers a proud, local history spanning more than 100 years. Our personalized patient care model is only the beginning of what you will experience as we foster population health transformation and innovation to serve our communities.

You can be part of an exciting dynamic place that offers an employee-first culture, work-life balance, and career advancement & growth opportunities. This culture allows our organization to attract elite talent, like yourself! Additional perks include: Top-notch

401(k) with matching, paid time off, competitive health insurance, wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy, tuition reimbursement, and more Preventative care focused medical coverage that includes free visits to: Emplify Health by Bellin primary care providers, Urgent Care & Fast Care facilities, physical therapy sessions and any labs required during these visits Professional Development: Access to online continuing education for career growth Empowerment: Shape your work environment, encouragement to improve processes and create efficiencies, and support when seeking opportunities for growth.

Self-Care Culture: Encourages self-care and provides you with opportunities to be your best self at work and at home Be a member of a passionate workforce, that feels like family and is driven to provide exceptional patient care with a strong focus on community. We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose.

Together with our values – belonging , respect , excellence , accountability , teamwork , and humility – our pillars set our foundation and our future. Emplify Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.